Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-14
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Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West

He mentioned a bunch of things that have already been done. He is standing over the withdrawal of the cost-of-living supports, the impact of which will be deeper poverty. The budget was spoken about as a budget for child poverty. It absolutely was a budget for child poverty - increased child poverty. The Taoiseach should look at the report of the Parliamentary Budget Office, an impartial office, which states that income poverty rates nationally will have risen from 11.7% in 2024 to a forecast level of 13.2% in 2026 due to the withdrawal of the cost-of-living package. Income poverty rates will have risen most for the elderly, from 13.3% in 2024 to a forecast level of 19%. Child poverty will also increase. The Taoiseach's budget increased poverty in this State. We have evidence now that people are being ripped off by the energy companies, which are charging three times what they are paying for the electricity-----

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Sitting date: 2025-10-14